A New Vampire Saga: The Molecular Mechanism of T Cell Trogocytosis

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Antigen Presentation by MHC-Dressed Cells

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Low-affinity CAR T cells exhibit reduced trogocytosis, preventing rapid antigen loss, and increasing CAR T cell expansion

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Neutrophils kill the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis using trogocytosis

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Proinflammatory CD20 + T cells contribute to CNS-directed autoimmunity

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The transcription factor RFX5 coordinates antigen-presenting function and resistance to nutrient stress in synovial macrophages

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Fratricide of natural killer cells dressed with tumor-derived NKG2D ligand

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Shaping of T Cell Functions by Trogocytosis

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Microglial recruitment and mechanisms involved in the disruption of afferent synaptic terminals on spinal cord motor neurons after acute peripheral nerve injury

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Trogocytosis-Mediated Intracellular Signaling in CD4+ T Cells Drives TH2-Associated Effector Cytokine Production and Differentiation

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Transfer of MHC-class-I molecules among liver sinusoidal cells facilitates hepatic immune surveillance

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Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Immunomodulation in the Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer

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Gulp1 controls Eph/ephrin trogocytosis and is important for cell rearrangements during development

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Immune proteins C1q and CD47 may contribute to aberrant microglia-mediated synapse loss in the aging monkey brain that is associated with cognitive impairment

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Inhibition of Amebic Lysosomal Acidification Blocks Amebic Trogocytosis and Cell Killing

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Francisella tularensis enters a double membraned compartment following cell-cell transfer

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Trogocytosis of ligand–receptor complex and its intracellular transport in CD30 signalling

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Trogocytosis in innate immunity to cancer is an intimate relationship with unexpected outcomes

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Inhibition of Amebic Cysteine Proteases Blocks Amebic Trogocytosis but Not Phagocytosis

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News from the T cell trogocytosis front

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MHC class I-dressing is mediated via phosphatidylserine recognition and is enhanced by polyI:C

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